Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Oklahoma City, OK

Pay in Oklahoma City against Oklahoma and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Oklahoma City earns $36,770–$46,850. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $48,600, only 1.4 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $10,080 wide, against $10,350 across Oklahoma and $12,010 nationally: employers in Oklahoma City pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $7,980 over the median, the 25th only $2,100 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $10,297 a year in employer cost. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $45,930 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $38,330 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Oklahoma City

At the $38,870 median, a local hire costs about $50,155 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,285 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Oklahoma City

Of the 17 roles we track in Oklahoma City, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($39,330) and virtual receptionists ($35,040). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,400.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in Oklahoma City (-15.4%), between customer support specialists (-12.2%) and project coordinators (-16.5%). The typical role here is at -12.0%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Oklahoma City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Oklahoma City, 4.8% across Oklahoma and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $34,690 in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area to $38,980 in Tulsa, a gap of $4,290 a year. No other area in Oklahoma has as many medical administrative assistants, and 6 of the other 7 pay less.

Oklahoma City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Oklahoma City is #53 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Oklahoma, Jefferson City and Myrtle Beach-Conway pay just above Oklahoma City and Dover and Cedar Rapids just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Oklahoma City. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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